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What the Fathers say
Western Saints
Bede
For he loves our nation, and he himself built our synagogue. Those who report the synagogue built for them by the centurion clearly show that just as we call the Church, so also they were accustomed to call the synagogue, not only the assembly of the faithful, but also the place where they gathered, as we have also taught above.
Bonaventure
And to confirm this worthiness they add: For he loves our nation, although he is a foreigner; and therefore you, who are of our nation, ought to love him, according to what you say of yourself in Proverbs 8: "I love those who love me." — Nor does he merely "love in word or tongue, but in deed and truth"; whence they also add: And he himself built us a synagogue, which indeed was a great benefaction and a sign of great love. …
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